King James Version
Exodus 9:5 in the King James Version says “And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.”
Exodus 9:5 · KJV
Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel.
And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.
And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“appointed”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“a set time”
H4150properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for
“To morrow”
H4279properly, deferred, i.e., the morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“this thing”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
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